THE SKEPTICS' GUIDE TO THE FUTURE: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow

Builds upon the work of futurists of the past by examining what they got right, what the authors got wrong, and how they came to those conclusions. By exploring the pitfalls of each era, they give their own speculations about the distant future, transformed by unbelievable technology ranging from genetic manipulation to artificial intelligence and quantum computing.